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i was strike by his focus on that threat that we've heard so much about from leon panetta,wa. >> yeah, i was surprised by that, too, george, but that's become such a huge problem and that is an issue that americans really have not addressed. so, he addressed that tonight. and i think there will be action on that moving forward. one thing that also surprised me is he talked about transparency. we've had john brennan hearings this past week where they talked about drone strikes and they wanted more transparency about that. the president talked about transparency, but i don't think he ever used the word drone. so, i guess we're not quite as transparent as we might want to be at this moment. but also, what struck me is the wor words "by the end of next year, our war in afghanistan will be over." that's really two-year-ol years that's quite a statement. >> and can we all have a molt for desiline? 102 years old who stood in line, went away, came back, just so that she could vote. that was also quite a moment. >> everybody standing and cheering for her, as the president does leave the chambe
i was strike by his focus on that threat that we've heard so much about from leon panetta,wa. >> yeah, i was surprised by that, too, george, but that's become such a huge problem and that is an issue that americans really have not addressed. so, he addressed that tonight. and i think there will be action on that moving forward. one thing that also surprised me is he talked about transparency. we've had john brennan hearings this past week where they talked about drone strikes and they...
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this will be one of theirs last official acts including, of course, the defense secretary leon panetta. momentarily we'll hear paul irving, the house sergeant at arms announce that the president of the united states is coming in with those very famous words, mr. speaker, the president of the united states. then the president will walk in. you see members of the cabinet walking in including dennis mcdonough, the new white house chief of staff, at the top of the screen. he's designated as a member of the cabinet, the white house chief of staff. john mccain, lindsey graham, they're always together. not surprisingly. they're good friends, allies on so many of these issues. this is a moment where so many members of the house and the senate, democrats and republicans, some actually try to sit together to demonstrate that there can be some bipartisan cooperation. we'll see what kind of reaction the president of the united states gets when he utters some of the famous words that he will be saying. there you see, by the way, also behind dennis mcdonough, you see eric holder, the attorney genera
this will be one of theirs last official acts including, of course, the defense secretary leon panetta. momentarily we'll hear paul irving, the house sergeant at arms announce that the president of the united states is coming in with those very famous words, mr. speaker, the president of the united states. then the president will walk in. you see members of the cabinet walking in including dennis mcdonough, the new white house chief of staff, at the top of the screen. he's designated as a...
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of the president's cabinet walk in, there's panetta, the defense secretary and, of course eric holdier, the attorney general norah, you've been talking with the white house and you have some of the high points from the president's speech that we're about to here. >> o'donnell: i spoke with a senior white house advisor who said this will be more like a campaign speech than an inaugural address. the president is emboldened by his victory. they know chef a short window of time to get things done so tonight the big fuse that comes out of the speech is this: the president will call for pre-k education for all american children. he will also call for raising of the minimum wage to $9 an hour. the federal minimum wage. it's at $7.25. finally what you reported tonight that he will call for withdrawing 34,000 troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year and, of course, we're still scheduled to be in afghanistan until the end of 2014 to have some troops there. >> pelley: we're waiting for president to enter the chamber here. we expect that in another minute or two. nancy cordes is our capito
of the president's cabinet walk in, there's panetta, the defense secretary and, of course eric holdier, the attorney general norah, you've been talking with the white house and you have some of the high points from the president's speech that we're about to here. >> o'donnell: i spoke with a senior white house advisor who said this will be more like a campaign speech than an inaugural address. the president is emboldened by his victory. they know chef a short window of time to get things...
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leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've seen her in the last few minutes but we saw her just before we went on the air. she's there with her husband mark kelly. she and her husband have become the two, i guess, you could say the most prominent faces of this new push to do something ab
leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have...
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but going into the speech tonight, i think there was a great deal of apprehension, because leon panetta has not laid out a plan at all to anybody on the house armed services committee on what exactly is going to get cut, how it gets cut, and how it will move forward. there are very nervous people on the hill tonight regarding that issue. >> the president talking on that tonight, the cuts need to not happen. but the republicans have not laid out anything that looks like a path to avoiding the sequester cuts at least any time soon. ed, thank you very much. we'll check back in with you. we'll talk to senator chuck schumer in just a moment about one of the policy items that was not leaked in advance of this speech. and that nobody knew, as far as i know, was coming before this speech was actually delivered tonight, which was the very specific proposal that the federal minimum wage should be raised. that was not something that was a subject of the campaign between president obama and mitt romney, except to the extent that as the president noted tonight, both he and mitt romney agreed that th
but going into the speech tonight, i think there was a great deal of apprehension, because leon panetta has not laid out a plan at all to anybody on the house armed services committee on what exactly is going to get cut, how it gets cut, and how it will move forward. there are very nervous people on the hill tonight regarding that issue. >> the president talking on that tonight, the cuts need to not happen. but the republicans have not laid out anything that looks like a path to avoiding...